----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael D. Schleif" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 5:06 PM Subject: Re: [leaf-user] A NET question
> > "Omar D. Samuels" wrote: > > > > Now that I'm over that hurdle and I am getting more the hang of this mialing > > list, I would like to dare to ask for help with another issue... please. > > > > I a using Eigerstein2... does anyone know if there is any way to suppress > > the NET messages? They look like this: > > > > "NET: # messages suppressed" > > > > I think they are messages that come whenever the firewall blocks something. > > I am asking for your help please. > > Everybody has tap danced around your original question for a reason; > but, nobody has come out and explained it to you. > Thanks, I was beginning to wonder if I was going crazy :-) > Consider this: > > May 19 11:09:32 trout kernel: martian source c521fea9 for fffffea9, dev > eth1 > May 19 11:09:32 trout kernel: ll header: ff ff ff ff ff ff 00 01 03 79 > 6c a9 08 00 > May 19 11:09:36 trout kernel: NET: 6 messages suppressed. > > The 'NET ... suppressed' message is symptomatic of some other problem. > Please, re-read my last sentence. > > In my example, above, the *real* problem is an influx of `martians' and > `ll headers' messages. > > Sometimes, when the there is a flood of messages through syslogd, it > recognizes that repetition and consolidates repeated messages, like > this: > > May 19 21:34:51 trout last message repeated 3 times > > Can you imagine how many more messages you'd be dealing with, if it > actually logged every one, instead of this consolidation? Imagine if > that number `3' was actually `3000000' ;< > > In your case, the kernel itself recognizes the repetition and > consolidates repeated messages. > > Bottomline, if you identify the root cause of this message flooding, and > correct it, then you will no longer witness these 'NET ... suppressed' > messages. Hey, y'know what, that actually makes a lot of sense. Based on what you have said, is it possible to turn of syslogd and stop getting those messages? The thing is that I don't at all mind it suppressing, but I don't want it printing the message to screen. > > hth > > -- > > Best Regards, > > mds > mds resource > 888.250.3987 > > Dare to fix things before they break . . . > > Our capacity for understanding is inversely proportional to how much we > think we know. The more I know, the more I know I don't know . . . > Hey thanks man, I like your attitude. > _______________________________________________________________ > > Don't miss the 2002 Sprint PCS Application Developer's Conference > August 25-28 in Las Vegas -- http://devcon.sprintpcs.com/adp/index.cfm > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user > SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html > _______________________________________________________________ Don't miss the 2002 Sprint PCS Application Developer's Conference August 25-28 in Las Vegas -- http://devcon.sprintpcs.com/adp/index.cfm ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html
